Adjustable mounting board



Dec. 26, 1922.

` i H. HAUGH.

v ADJUSTABLE MOUNTING BOARD.

FILED JAN. 30, |922.

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weren lere-rse maas-is HARRY HAUGl-I, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

. ADJUSTABLE MouNTINGBoARn.

'.,appiicaupn med January 30, 1922. serial. No. 532,743.v

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Be it known that I, HARRY Hansi-Ik, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented .certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable vMounting Boards, oi Which the following is a specification. y y

This I invention relates to vadqustable mounting boards, Vand isused for assembling tile blocks in preparation for attaching strips of retaining cloth, or paper, tor holding the blocks of tile'bin assembled formation andready to be laid.v The prime feature oit the invention Iis `the provision otmeans, in conjunctiony With the usual torni` of mounting board, for preventing `assembling of blocks at certain points thereon While one color of blocks is being positioned.

A further feature lof the invention is in so constructing the device that any number of the spaces onthe .board may be held unoccupied during the different operations of assembling the blocks kon the board.

vAnd 'a further feature ,of the invention is yin so constructing the means for preventingtheiassemblage of blocks at prescribed pointsy that it may be .easily ,and quickly separated from themountingboard proper, thus leaving all of the vspaces 'of the mounting board free to receive the blocks of tile.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter more fully set forthand pointed out in the accompanying speciication.

ln the accompanying drawings, Which are made a part of this application,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a number of tile blocks assembled ready to be applied to use, each alternate blockbeing of a different color` from the other block,

Figure 2 is anedge elevation thereof,

Figure 3 is a top plan View of a portion of an adjustable mounting board showing the blocks of one color in assembled position and the means for preventing the assemblage of blocks in other sections of the board, e

Figure 4 is a sectional View as seen on line 4 4, Figure 3, n

Figure 5 is a View similar to Figure 3 showing all of the blocks in yassembled position,

Figure 6 is a sectional view as seen on line 6-6, Figure 5, and y Figure 7 is a top plan view of a portion of the adjustable mounting board prior to ythe assemblageof blocks thereon;v and 'with .means to prevent the assemblage of blocks in. each alternate space on the board. y

Referring tov the drawings, l indicates blocksjof tile, such as are used for laying floors, Wainscoting, and other purposes, and may be of any 'suitable size and shape and assembled together to form any desired configuration, such configurations being produced by using blocks of various colors. i

In preparing blocks of this nature for use', they are ,preferablykassembled in strips in the same relation that they Will occupy f when kapplied to use, and in retaining the blocks in theiryariousarranged positions theyare first assembled and 'strips of fabric, or other substance, placed thereover. and secured thereto with any =suitable adhesive. y y

"In assembling blocks .of this nature, a mounting .board 2 is \provided,the suriaceof which is formed 'into a plurality of ypockets by arranging strips of metal i longitudinally of the board` and subdividing the face of the board by transversely extending strips 5, the strips being arranged in accordancezwith theconliguration ofthe edges vof theblocks being assembledQWhich, in the present instance, are in the `form of squares, although itwvill be understood that these pockets kmay bearranged vin any suitable outline. Beads 6 are .arranged around lthe edges'y of the board 2 which arey of a height equal to the height of the bloclzs'being assembled on the board, While the strips 4 and 5 arey of a less height than the height of the beads.

In assembling the blocks in strips, the number oifblocks to bel assembled are placed over the face of the board and the board then agitated until the blocks are all seatedwithin the pockets7 land as floors7 and the like, built up of these blocks are usually built up in varying colors and configurations it is necessary to leave certain of the pockets unoccupied, so that blocks of different colors maybe entered in these particular'l pockets. To this `end, an auxiliary board 7 is provided, in one face of which are formed a plurality of sockets 8l for the reception of pins 9, there being spaces jfprovided for forming the same number of pins as there are pockets on the main board 2. The pins 9 are adapted to extend upwardly through openings l0 formed at the center of each pocket and when entered through the board 2 will extend even with the top edges of the bead 6, consequently it will be impossible for a block to enter the pocket through which a pin extends and all ot the spaces occupied by pins will be held free of blocks, and a pin may be enteredL through any particulai` pocket, or any particular pocket may be leit free for the assemblage of a block by removinga pin from the auxiliary board.

In applying the device to use, supposing keach alternate pocket is to receive a white block and each alternate pocket a block of a dii'l'erent color, a sufficient number ot pins are engaged with lthe auxiliary board7 to extend through each alternate pocket on the main board 2, and the pins are caused to enter the pockets by positioning the board 2 above the auxiliary board and then lowering the main board 2 until it rests on the vupper face oi' the auxiliary board, such pins as are engaged with the auxiliary board passing through the openings 10 with which they register.

A suiiicient number of blocks of one color is then placed on the main board and the board then agitated until the blocks have been properly seated in the unoccupied pockets, which, as shown in the drawings, will be each alternate pocket. After these blocks are properly seated in their respective pockets the main board 2 is lifted from the auxiliary board thereby removing the pins :trom the remainder of the pockets, or, it desired the pins may be individually removed by pulling upwardly on the pins.

Blocks of different colors sufficient to lill the remainder of the pockets are then placed on the board 2 and the board again agitated yuntil these blocks have entered their re-l nascere bled blocks, preferably by an adhesive, so that when the strip of blocks is removed from the mounting board the blocks will be retained in their assembled positions and ready to be laid.

Having thus i'ully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The combination with mounting board having pockets thereon for the reception of blocks, of means for preventing the entrance of blocks in certain of said pockets.

2. rPhe combination with a mounting board having block receiving pockets thereon, of removable means ladapted to be en tered in certain of said pockets for preventing the entrance of a block therein.

3. The combination with a mounting board having pockets thereon for the reception of blocks, each pocket having an opening communicating therewith, of an auXiliary board, and means removably attached to said auxiliary board adapted to enter said pockets through said openings for preventing the entrance of blocks in said pockets.

4. The combination with a mounting board having pockets thereon, said pockets having openings communicating therewith, of an auxiliary board, and a plurality of pins re movably connected with said board adapted to enter said pockets through said openings tor preventing the entrance of a block into any selected pocket.

in witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Anderson, indiana` this 24th day of January, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-two. v

HARRY :eL/uien. [n ai wWitnesses z Louis S'. JONES,

THOMAS W. CRANrILL. 

